2001 Philippine general election

← 1998 May 14, 2001 (2001-05-14) 2004 →
Registered	36,271,782
Turnout	29,474,309
2001 Philippine Senate election
← 1998 May 14, 2001 2004 →
12 (of the 24) seats to the Senate of the Philippines and one mid-term vacancy 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Franklin Drilon Edgardo Angara Party Independent LDP Alliance PPC PnM Leader's seat Nationwide at-large Nationwide at-large Seats won 8 4 Popular vote 123,491,617 95,072,114 Percentage 50.8% 39.1%
Senate President before election Aquilino Pimentel Jr. PDP–Laban Elected Senate President Franklin Drilon Independent
2001 Philippine House of Representatives elections
← 1998 May 14, 2001 2004 →
All 261 seats in the House of Representatives (including underhangs) 130 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats +/– Lakas 79 −32 NPC 42 +33 LDP 21 +21 Liberal 19 +4 Alayon 4 +4 PMP 4 +4 NPC–INA 3 +3 UNegA 3 +3 PROMDI 3 −1 Aksyon 2 +1 Partido Magdalo 2 +2 PDP–Laban 2 +2 Reporma–LM 2 −2 BAKUD–Alayon 1 +1 Kabayani 1 +1 KAMPI 1 +1 KBL 1 +1 LDP–NPC 1 +1 Liping Kalookan 1 +1 NPC–AIM 1 +1 NPC–UNegA 1 +1 PDSP 1 +1 PPC 1 +1 Others 5 +1 Independent 8 +6 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker before Speaker after Feliciano Belmonte Jr. Lakas Jose de Venecia Jr. Lakas

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Legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 14, 2001, independent candidate Noli de Castro, a former television anchor of TV Patrol of ABS-CBN was announced as the topnotcher in the Senate race. This was the first synchronized national and local elections held after the ouster of former president Joseph Estrada in January due to a military-backed civilian uprising (popularly known as EDSA II) with pro-Estrada counter-protests that followed right before Election Day. On February 20, 2007, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that former senator Gregorio Honasan lost in the 2001 Philippine elections and lost to Sen. Ralph Recto but declared constitutional the special election for the remaining three-year term of Teofisto Guingona.

Candidates[edit]

Administration coalition[edit]

Opposition coalition[edit]

Other notable candidates[edit]

Note: Party affiliation based on Certificate of Candidacy.

Results[edit]

Senate[edit]

Final COMELEC Tally for Senators as of August 30, 2001.

^1 Guest candidate

^2 18,000 votes deducted from Ralph Recto in Zamboanga del Norte as per Resolution No. NBC 01-003

^3 Elected to serve the unexpired term (until 2004) of Teofisto Guingona Jr., who was appointed Vice President in February 2001.

House of Representatives[edit]

Elections at congressional districts[edit]

Party		Seats	+/–
	Lakas–NUCD–UMDP	79	−32
	Nationalist People's Coalition	42	+33
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	21	+21
	Liberal Party	19	+4
	Alayon Alang sa Kalambu-an ng Kalinaw	4	New
	Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino	4	+4
	Nationalist People's Coalition-INA	3	New
	United Negros Alliance	3	New
	PROMDI	3	−1
	Aksyon Demokratiko	2	+1
	Partido Magdalo	2	New
	PDP–Laban	2	+2
	Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma–Lapiang Manggagawa	2	−2
	Barug Alang sa Kauswagan ug Demokrasya–Alayon Alang sa Kalambu-an ng Kalinaw	1	New
	Kabayani	1	New
	Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino	1	+1
	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	1	+1
	Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino–Nationalist People's Coalition	1	New
	Liping Kalookan	1	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition–Achievers with Integrity Movement	1	New
	Nationalist People's Coalition–United Negros Alliance	1	New
	Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas	1	+1
	People Power Coalition	1	New
	Not indicated and undeclared	5	+1
	Independent	8	+6
Party-list seats[a]		52	+1
Total		261	+3
Source: COMELEC (via Wayback Machine NCR, Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao)

Party-list election[edit]

Local elections[edit]

Local elections for all positions above the barangay level, but below the regional level, were held on this day.

The newly created province of Zamboanga Sibugay held its first local elections on this day as well.

See also[edit]

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections
• Philippine midterm election
• 12th Congress of the Philippines

References[edit]

• SWS Media Release. Accessed on March 15, 2007.

External links[edit]

• Official website of the Commission on Elections
• Official website of the House of Representatives Archived June 4, 2020, at the Wayback Machine